I am 73 years old and between the ages of 9 and 18 I lived in LIC/Astoria and we had gangs and the biggest gang fights were with the gangs out of Greenpoint.
Born and raised in NYC--The City--and having lived in every borough except Da Bronx(!) I am qualified to say that your videos are excellent and capture all the flavors, pun intended, of my home. Love ya Jon!
Hey Jon, love the video. Had a blast filming this with you and would love for you to come back anytime you want or like so we can make a part 2 of the local restaurants in town, this time lol.
I came to Greenpoint from Poland in 1995,than I moved to San Francisco for next 25 years. I am back in Greenpoint for the past couple of years. It is actually hard to believe how much Greenpoint and Williamsburg have changed in past 20 years. Chris is right.... most of Polish who now stay here, own a house or have rent stabilization/control.
Great Video ! John, you are turning into the ANTHONY BOURDAIN of the New York You Tube genre !!! I love your videos and how you include a "local" New Yorker to offer interesting stories.....There are many people who may never make it to New York--these videos offer a wonderful experience. Please keep making these wonderful videos.
Walking back to Queens from Greenpoint over the Pulaski Bridge gives you an interesting, old school look at the city, so industrial and right by the water.
When hurricane Sandy flooded the G, we took that walk from Greenpoint to Queens and back in order to get to work. Hordes of us...unless you tried to jam your body in an already packed bus...
Oh gosh go back 30 years this place was so different. Now it gentrified.. It has had a Polish edge to it for many years. Commute into Manhattan is relatively quick .. Thumbs up.
green point is great! honestly i didnt know much about this neighborhood until we booked hotel, but was pleasantly suprised! lots of pubs/cafes, nice parks and really alive at night, but it still gave more of relaxed vibe, which i love. definitely recomend it too!
I love Greenpoint. Not sure if it is the trendiest though. It has some trendy places, but also old school places, it is more mixed, which is why I like it. I would say Bushwick is more hipster and trendy. The current hip area is Dimes Square, on the edge of Chinatown and the LES.
Awww yes I brought Peter pan donuts to my DEAREST GRANDMOTHERS FUNERAL🙏💕💯😘 ND EVERYONE ) LOVED THEM AND I AM BORN AND RAISED AND STILL LIVE HERE IN GREENPOINT 💯💕🙏
Greenpoint born and raised here 3 generations and still living here 30+ years rent stablized thank god. Can yall not? The rent is already to dang high here 😭 Hard enough hanging in.
Looks amazing! I wish I could bring those perogies back for my dad. His grandmother was Polish and according to him perogies were such a huge staple of meals and a large pride of hers. I've said it before but I really love seeing so much diversity in one city and that alone has made visiting so worth it. Tragically it's just not something we have enough of in small rural towns. Can't wait to be back in NYC in September! It'll be a short trip but I'm still stoked to see the city again!
Gone to Greenpoint many times for concerts at the now defunct Brooklyn Bazaar, The Kingsland, and Warsaw(latter two still around). Can't wait to see the video. Greenpoint is an awesome section of Brooklyn.
Very nice. My great grandpa was a long shoreman straight out of Sicily, and I was fortunate enough to know him when I was younger. He worked those piers over a half century ago!
This was a great video! Liked how you and Chris tied in the history of the surrounding buildings and restaurants/bodegas/shops; and, the sense of community. Gentrification, is real, my friends.
Went there throughout my childhood, Willy was our guy...my uncles good friend....I got the eclair with cream...never custard...biting into the fresh warm donut...with the chocolate on top...and that delicious cream.
This is awesome! I was staying across the street from Peter Pan on my first NYC trip in October 2021. Had no idea it was the scene from Spiderman. Its so cool to see I went to some of the big spots to go without knowing it!
Definitely change especially since 90s. Have many memories here… It did always have night life like unfortunately closed night dance club Exit. It also used to have exotic animal restaurant (don’t remember name) where you can find alligator on menu. Also some warehouses even in 2000s - remember visiting one where they had furniture and props rented for movies… Also used to be some small studios - had my old VHS tapes converted to digital…
Whenever I hear Greenpoint, I always think about the metal bar Saint Vitus and the film Street Trash!!! Saint Vitus is amazing for metal music, great local and sometimes even international bands!!
Hello Gon, before I flew to New York I watched all your videos and I thank you all the places are amazing and your tips helped me a lot now I'm in New York and I made a list of the places from your videos and it goes from place to place
I lived on India street at the same time that show was on and I had no idea it existed. A friend told me, and I watched part of the first episode and there it was, my bike chained right out front of my apartment. I hope my Polish landlord didn't sell that gorgeous brownstone. Keep Greenpoint Polish (& weird!)
Jon Yesterday I accidentally walked in to Greenpoint. Lol. Most of the time I was in Williamsburg. I checked That Green way place at Bushwick Inlet Park and it was ok. Still it looks like there is still construction there.
thank for the video ;, in 2019 i was in nyc and i eat at Greenpoint some polish food :) and i will be back in November in Bushwick for a week , and i think i will go again in Greenpoint
Greenpoint and Williamsburg were my favourite places when I visited NY for the first time earlier this year :) BTW I was so sure that Peter Pan is a Polish bakery as all the workers there were Polish and I visited this place 3 times in 9 days!
I know you did a lot of survival tips and I don’t know if you have a video on finding public restrooms because when I was there recently it was almost impossible to find one especially when you’re out late. What are some tips on finding some when you are out late and most of the businesses are closed?
Good info. The only thing I knew was in Greenpoint was the Sunshine Laundromat speakeasy. I've been to Williamsburg. It's about as hipster as it gets. Sounds like Greenpoint is next.
My grandfather learned to swim in the Newtown Creek, and I don’t think it’s just a superfund site. I think it might have been the first superfund site. Also, don’t sleep on the cinnamon rolls at Peter Pan. They’re HUGE!
I would love to see a video or even a series on those who lost their homes and/.or businesses through eminent domain. Marriages falling apart, suicides, families fighting families and elected officials working WITH mob families under the codes names of redevelopment and exactly what almost was touched on when he said he sees good and bad things associated with gentrification and affordable housing meaning nothing at all. What you want is the development of low income housing and not affordable housing which would sell you a studio condo for $500,000 or rent you a studio apt for $4,000 a month. The public needs to be made aware that affordable housing is just placed in the plans to shut up those protesting their presence of redevelopment. There must be some areas in Brooklyn that are working with or have worked with the Institute for Justice out of Washington, DC, the Libertarian law group that are fighting the elected officials with very deep pockets.
Greenpoint/Williamsburg has been ruined by the hipsters. The locals can no longer live in their neighborhood where they were born and raised. These areas were working middle class neighborhoods and now it's unaffordable. Stop changing neighborhoods.
If you mean the hipsters ruined it by making it trendy then you are spot on. In actual fact very few of the shaggy hipsters who played in bands and had art studios still live in this neighborhood. Now it’s a new generation of young people who either have massive salary jobs or who’s parents are funding them. I guess some of these can definitely still be referred to as hipsters but I always think of the typical Brooklyn hipster from back around 2009 to be somebody who shared a loft with 9 roommates and paid $400 per month rent. It’s a broad term however and can describe a lot of different groups of people.
What an interesting video. Seems Ben was absent or you just weren’t feeding him. I really enjoy when you dive into certain neighborhoods and highlight their hidden treasures. Is it true everyone that comments your sending a dozen Peter Pan donuts? Take care thanks Bill in Fort Wayne Indiana
Great video, so well done! We’re planning our upcoming trip to New York (our first time ever!) in September and we’re leaning heavily on your expertise to craft our itinerary since we’ll be vlogging the trip. Thank you for putting together such excellent NYC content. I was looking through your equipment because your audio is so great, what kind of microphone do you use? I’m only seeing the wind protection, but are you just using the in-camera mic? Thanks again!
Thanks for your videos, John. Will be in NYC in November and will be getting Pierogis for sure. Does anybody have tipps for Halloween in NYC besides the parade?
similar thing happened in south jamaica, Queens around 2007, went to a nearby park with a friend, was on the bench and a group of like 5 dudes sat down on the next bench and asked for a dollar, told him didnt have one and he accused me of lying, so i went to where my friend was and was with his friends playing baseball, as soon as they heard what happened and saw the group , they ran after them and chased them out of the park, had a feeling they had issues with them before but not sure, but yeah it was wild, crazy how fast things can happen
@@HereBeBarr i did go visit park slope this past January, per your recommendation on family oriented community for families looking to move to new work! ..we fell in love, the playgrounds almost in every corner, and mom and pop shop galore. it was really quiet and friendly.
Define trendiest. It's not as a vibrant neighborhood as it used to be. A lot of businesses have closed and were never replaced with other storefronts. I don't believe that Covid played a role in it. It became a dull, bland, and over-gentrified neighborhood. The g train is still unreliable, and it is still hard to travel from there to the city. There are way better neighborhoods to live in where you will probably don't have to spend 4 thousand for a 1 bedroom railroad layout apartment.
I've been in Greenpoint at Java & Manhattan for more than 14 years and yeah unfortunately I agree with that. It's not the same weird, mostly Polish quiet and cool neighborhood that I moved to. I still pay $700 a month for a one bedroom apartment here because my landlord is extremely Polish, extremely cool, and practically an uncle to me at this point.
Jesus. Everywhere I look there's a Greek. I just came here looking for tips for my upcoming trip to the big apple and here's Dimitri making donuts in a hip neighborhood of Brooklyn
@@georgiasmith7615 yeah, as someone who lives on the upper West there just equally if not more interesting neighborhoods that don’t require transfers or coordination. not to mention the L is frequently a headache
I’m coming in May for my 3rd visit to NYC instead of staying in Manhattan I wanted to stay in Williamsburg or Greenpoint .. which would you recommend for a week?
Dear Jon pls give me honest info whether trip to NY has a sense on February. I mean mostly about weather that is good or rather terrible like freez and rain and snow storms. How it is ?
Same thing is happening in West Harlem. Gentrification, crime was so high before now it’s becoming like another green point. The geography has changed too.
People will know your name if you go to the same places each day! CUP or Norman, everyone knew my first name and I knew theirs. Everyone will know your name if you haunt the same places & everything big is small if you work it right. There's a certain landlord in Greenpoint that charges dirt cheap for rent, provided you aren't a condo dweller or bougie-fancy. It isn't even near the (former EPA site Newtown Creek!)
Cool neighborhood I haven't heard of it, I love the mural, don't get my doughnut order wrong, I love the PB&J doughnuts at Doughnut Plant one time I got six to go to take home on the bus to Maryland, next morning oh boy I get to eat my favorite doughnut, none of the six were PB&J I forget what they were I didn't like them, I haven't had Pierogis cute baby, whoa baseball bats cool, felling cool I know what you mean we were walking on street I forget the name of the street near Grand in the LES, a ton of 20 somethings all in the street in huge lines to get into clubs, I didn't like it I said let's get out of here, I wasn't scared just felt uncool, that's crazy a polluted nature walk
As someone who grew up in Greenpoint before it became 'trendy', I have to say that the new Greenpoint, as I visit it now, is lacking in character. Now it is filled with chain stores, whereas in the past, it was more of a mom and pop type community. Also, how many coffee shops, tattoo parlors, bars, and pot shops is enough. 🙄
This video makes it seem that the Polish community in Greenpoint is a thing of the past when, while much smaller, it is still very alive and vibrant today. I appreciate highlighting Pierozek but there are MANY Polish Greenpoint institutions that were overlooked. This video would have greatly benefited from a Polish guide, if nothing more than to at least get pronunciations correct
@@HereBeBarr Maybe could be a consideration for a future video! I respectfully disagree, a Polish guide who can speak to both Polish and non-Polish aspects of the neighborhood would have been the ideal candidate without erasing parts of its rich cultural heritage. Looking forward to seeing more videos!
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I am 73 years old and between the ages of 9 and 18 I lived in LIC/Astoria and we had gangs and the biggest gang fights were with the gangs out of Greenpoint.
Born and raised in NYC--The City--and having lived in every borough except Da Bronx(!) I am qualified to say that your videos are excellent and capture all the flavors, pun intended, of my home. Love ya Jon!
Hey Jon, love the video. Had a blast filming this with you and would love for you to come back anytime you want or like so we can make a part 2 of the local restaurants in town, this time lol.
Thanks for joining me! Great local guide.
Learned from the best lol
Good job Chris. You really told a story.
Just loved this one, was sorry when it ended. All the stories really made it come alive.
Thanks me too.
I came to Greenpoint from Poland in 1995,than I moved to San Francisco for next 25 years. I am back in Greenpoint for the past couple of years. It is actually hard to believe how much Greenpoint and Williamsburg have changed in past 20 years.
Chris is right.... most of Polish who now stay here, own a house or have rent stabilization/control.
Great Video ! John, you are turning into the ANTHONY BOURDAIN of the New York You Tube genre !!! I love your videos and how you include a "local" New Yorker to offer interesting stories.....There are many people who may never make it to New York--these videos offer a wonderful experience. Please keep making these wonderful videos.
It was great to learn about Greenpoint from someone who grew up in the neighborhood. Thanks for another great vlog!
Walking back to Queens from Greenpoint over the Pulaski Bridge gives you an interesting, old school look at the city, so industrial and right by the water.
When hurricane Sandy flooded the G, we took that walk from Greenpoint to Queens and back in order to get to work. Hordes of us...unless you tried to jam your body in an already packed bus...
Oh gosh go back 30 years this place was so different. Now it gentrified..
It has had a Polish edge to it for many years.
Commute into Manhattan is relatively quick ..
Thumbs up.
Who is the local who was in this vid...does he have his own channel...he's cool😃
he doesn't! just a viewer. I agree= cool.
green point is great! honestly i didnt know much about this neighborhood until we booked hotel, but was pleasantly suprised!
lots of pubs/cafes, nice parks and really alive at night, but it still gave more of relaxed vibe, which i love. definitely recomend it too!
Cheers from Poland! I love it that you covered the most Polish area of NYC finally 🤗
I love Greenpoint. Not sure if it is the trendiest though. It has some trendy places, but also old school places, it is more mixed, which is why I like it.
I would say Bushwick is more hipster and trendy. The current hip area is Dimes Square, on the edge of Chinatown and the LES.
I'm a simple man. Give me a plate of Pierogis, and I'm happy. Looks like pierozek is close to a subway stop too. Added to the "next time" list.
You're going to need a lot of next times for all these places on the list haha.
Pierogi fried in onions 💜💜💜
Movie Sleepers was filmed in Greenpoint
Yes I know. I told Jon about it but it didn’t make the final cut lol. My mother and I were actually filmed as extra in the church scene!
Awww yes I brought Peter pan donuts to my DEAREST GRANDMOTHERS FUNERAL🙏💕💯😘 ND EVERYONE ) LOVED THEM AND I AM BORN AND RAISED AND STILL LIVE HERE IN GREENPOINT 💯💕🙏
Russ Pizza … trust me … around before me and I’m almost 50 … so good
Greenpoint born and raised here 3 generations and still living here 30+ years rent stablized thank god. Can yall not? The rent is already to dang high here 😭 Hard enough hanging in.
Greenpoint is one of my favorite neighborhoods! So much incredible food there. Enjoyed this video a lot!
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Looks amazing! I wish I could bring those perogies back for my dad. His grandmother was Polish and according to him perogies were such a huge staple of meals and a large pride of hers. I've said it before but I really love seeing so much diversity in one city and that alone has made visiting so worth it. Tragically it's just not something we have enough of in small rural towns. Can't wait to be back in NYC in September! It'll be a short trip but I'm still stoked to see the city again!
Sounds great!
Gone to Greenpoint many times for concerts at the now defunct Brooklyn Bazaar, The Kingsland, and Warsaw(latter two still around). Can't wait to see the video. Greenpoint is an awesome section of Brooklyn.
Jon, your content keeps getting better and better! Thank you for sharing your talents.
Peter Pan donuts is a classic. You need the buvanrian cream AND sour cream donut! This place is delicious and a time warp!
That looks like a fun time. Donuts shots and pierogis.
Just wanna give you a million thumbs up, you create so much interesting content about NYC. Love these neighborhood guides!
Very nice. My great grandpa was a long shoreman straight out of Sicily, and I was fortunate enough to know him when I was younger. He worked those piers over a half century ago!
Great video. Very informative and great guide to tour you around the wonderful neighborhood of Greenpoint.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was a great video! Liked how you and Chris tied in the history of the surrounding buildings and restaurants/bodegas/shops; and, the sense of community. Gentrification, is real, my friends.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Went there throughout my childhood, Willy was our guy...my uncles good friend....I got the eclair with cream...never custard...biting into the fresh warm donut...with the chocolate on top...and that delicious cream.
Only lived in Greenpoint 5 years but my local bar feels very much like a family. Great group of folks
Time to make our way over next time we're in Long Island City!
For sure!
This is awesome! I was staying across the street from Peter Pan on my first NYC trip in October 2021. Had no idea it was the scene from Spiderman. Its so cool to see I went to some of the big spots to go without knowing it!
I've just moved to Williamsburg the northern part two months ago. I now shop over there in Greenpoint. I love it!
Definitely change especially since 90s. Have many memories here… It did always have night life like unfortunately closed night dance club Exit. It also used to have exotic animal restaurant (don’t remember name) where you can find alligator on menu. Also some warehouses even in 2000s - remember visiting one where they had furniture and props rented for movies… Also used to be some small studios - had my old VHS tapes converted to digital…
A lot of changes indeed
Wow. I could definitely live there
Yeah you could pull it off for sure :)
Whenever I hear Greenpoint, I always think about the metal bar Saint Vitus and the film Street Trash!!!
Saint Vitus is amazing for metal music, great local and sometimes even international bands!!
Such a wonderful video Jon! It could not have been made better! I am salivating over those pierogis!
Chris, mentioned Blue Bloods. My favorite tv show.
Great video Jon ! I'm going to have explore the Greenpoint neighborhood.
Hello Gon, before I flew to New York I watched all your videos and I thank you all the places are amazing and your tips helped me a lot now I'm in New York and I made a list of the places from your videos and it goes from place to place
I lived on India street at the same time that show was on and I had no idea it existed. A friend told me, and I watched part of the first episode and there it was, my bike chained right out front of my apartment. I hope my Polish landlord didn't sell that gorgeous brownstone. Keep Greenpoint Polish (& weird!)
Excellent video! U always make me so hungry! Dreaming of my trip to nyc
*yeah that’s right John*
I love the art on the walls.
I lived in Greenpoint for 22 years finally had to leave due to high rents really miss living there
Greenpoint offers so much while being super convenient to get to, time to visit again
4:50 Polish Vodka straight shot - my boy 😀😁😂
I don't think it was vodka, was liqeour but still pretty strong!
Jon
Yesterday I accidentally walked in to Greenpoint. Lol. Most of the time I was in Williamsburg. I checked That Green way place at Bushwick Inlet Park and it was ok. Still it looks like there is still construction there.
Nice video! Shout out to PS 110, the best public school in Greenpoint!
Those donuts and pierogis looked delicious! Great video as usual.
thanks
My mom worked in the Eberhard-Faber factory right out of high school. c.1942
Wow 😮
8:58 great to see Jeff Goldblum around and younger too
haha
Dudeee pretty sure I saw you on Friday @Condesa CDMX on my way back home from the dentist! Cheers! Saludos!
Great tour of Greenpoint. I’m so wanting some perogies.
thank for the video ;, in 2019 i was in nyc and i eat at Greenpoint some polish food :) and i will be back in November in Bushwick for a week , and i think i will go again in Greenpoint
Great video 👍
Awesome video as always, Jon. I have visited Greenpoint countless times, last time in May when I went to a gig at St Vitus Bar.
:) fun spot
Great video 👏 I never heard about this neighborhood looks interesting 😄
Greenpoint and Williamsburg were my favourite places when I visited NY for the first time earlier this year :) BTW I was so sure that Peter Pan is a Polish bakery as all the workers there were Polish and I visited this place 3 times in 9 days!
It’s not polish the owners are Greek. But I’m sure plenty of polish people go
I know you did a lot of survival tips and I don’t know if you have a video on finding public restrooms because when I was there recently it was almost impossible to find one especially when you’re out late. What are some tips on finding some when you are out late and most of the businesses are closed?
Jon, want videos on every neighborhood of NYC
Good info. The only thing I knew was in Greenpoint was the Sunshine Laundromat speakeasy. I've been to Williamsburg. It's about as hipster as it gets. Sounds like Greenpoint is next.
We were going to visit Sunshine BUT the back room bar is still closed.
My grandfather learned to swim in the Newtown Creek, and I don’t think it’s just a superfund site. I think it might have been the first superfund site. Also, don’t sleep on the cinnamon rolls at Peter Pan. They’re HUGE!
Can you show other neighborhoods other than gentrified NYC??? Great video none the less
I would love to see a video or even a series on those who lost their homes and/.or businesses through eminent domain. Marriages falling apart, suicides, families fighting families and elected officials working WITH mob families under the codes names of redevelopment and exactly what almost was touched on when he said he sees good and bad things associated with gentrification and affordable housing meaning nothing at all. What you want is the development of low income housing and not affordable housing which would sell you a studio condo for $500,000 or rent you a studio apt for $4,000 a month. The public needs to be made aware that affordable housing is just placed in the plans to shut up those protesting their presence of redevelopment. There must be some areas in Brooklyn that are working with or have worked with the Institute for Justice out of Washington, DC, the Libertarian law group that are fighting the elected officials with very deep pockets.
Next level goodness! ! ✌️
Greenpoint/Williamsburg has been ruined by the hipsters. The locals can no longer live in their neighborhood where they were born and raised. These areas were working middle class neighborhoods and now it's unaffordable. Stop changing neighborhoods.
Wish they had mentioned this in the video
If you mean the hipsters ruined it by making it trendy then you are spot on. In actual fact very few of the shaggy hipsters who played in bands and had art studios still live in this neighborhood. Now it’s a new generation of young people who either have massive salary jobs or who’s parents are funding them. I guess some of these can definitely still be referred to as hipsters but I always think of the typical Brooklyn hipster from back around 2009 to be somebody who shared a loft with 9 roommates and paid $400 per month rent. It’s a broad term however and can describe a lot of different groups of people.
I wish I can take you to my Neighborhood in Washington heights and Dyckman maybe one day brother I show you my old beautiful Neighborhood
What an interesting video. Seems Ben was absent or you just weren’t feeding him. I really enjoy when you dive into certain neighborhoods and highlight their hidden treasures. Is it true everyone that comments your sending a dozen Peter Pan donuts? Take care thanks
Bill in Fort Wayne Indiana
Bens on vacation i shot it solo.
Great video, so well done! We’re planning our upcoming trip to New York (our first time ever!) in September and we’re leaning heavily on your expertise to craft our itinerary since we’ll be vlogging the trip. Thank you for putting together such excellent NYC content.
I was looking through your equipment because your audio is so great, what kind of microphone do you use? I’m only seeing the wind protection, but are you just using the in-camera mic?
Thanks again!
When Ben films we use the Rode Go wireles Mics, if i'm solo (like this video) it's the Rode Micro I believe.
Try visiting Long Island city as well!!
Great Video!
I’m kinda new to your channel, can you do a walk of Bay Ridge?
Temkins >>>> Pencil Factory
Thanks for your videos, John.
Will be in NYC in November and will be getting Pierogis for sure.
Does anybody have tipps for Halloween in NYC besides the parade?
Don’t go knocking house to house on peoples door for candy
November is very pretty over here.
similar thing happened in south jamaica, Queens around 2007, went to a nearby park with a friend, was on the bench and a group of like 5 dudes sat down on the next bench and asked for a dollar, told him didnt have one and he accused me of lying, so i went to where my friend was and was with his friends playing baseball, as soon as they heard what happened and saw the group , they ran after them and chased them out of the park, had a feeling they had issues with them before but not sure, but yeah it was wild, crazy how fast things can happen
What community are you considering when the baby comes ? ..cant wait to see the family oriented neighbohood videos!
Going to stay in park slope for now
@@HereBeBarr i did go visit park slope this past January, per your recommendation on family oriented community for families looking to move to new work! ..we fell in love, the playgrounds almost in every corner, and mom and pop shop galore. it was really quiet and friendly.
Define trendiest. It's not as a vibrant neighborhood as it used to be. A lot of businesses have closed and were never replaced with other storefronts. I don't believe that Covid played a role in it. It became a dull, bland, and over-gentrified neighborhood. The g train is still unreliable, and it is still hard to travel from there to the city. There are way better neighborhoods to live in where you will probably don't have to spend 4 thousand for a 1 bedroom railroad layout apartment.
I've been in Greenpoint at Java & Manhattan for more than 14 years and yeah unfortunately I agree with that. It's not the same weird, mostly Polish quiet and cool neighborhood that I moved to. I still pay $700 a month for a one bedroom apartment here because my landlord is extremely Polish, extremely cool, and practically an uncle to me at this point.
Jesus. Everywhere I look there's a Greek. I just came here looking for tips for my upcoming trip to the big apple and here's Dimitri making donuts in a hip neighborhood of Brooklyn
Many of NYC's Best Spots are Greek owned!
1:48 $1.95 a doughnut now, but they are really good and heavy.
You are so so handsome and very very talented, Here. Thank you for your great videos. I also wear black in the evening. Gintare M.( law student)
I remember growing up and Greenpoint and then watching all the hipsters come and price everyone out of the neighborhood.
Love your vids man, visiting for a week & your vids gave me endlessly valuable knowledge. The Beasts and Butterflies bar was a great recommendation ✨🏙
I can't believe it's butter
very charming but one of the most polluted areas in all of the U.S. Greenpoint has two Superfund sites.
Greenpoint is a fun area. It’s such a pain to get to though if you’re not in the immediate vicinity… Perhaps that’s why people like it?
You can walk from the L. Also can take the ferry. The G also goes there.
@@georgiasmith7615 yeah, as someone who lives on the upper West there just equally if not more interesting neighborhoods that don’t require transfers or coordination. not to mention the L is frequently a headache
I’m coming in May for my 3rd visit to NYC instead of staying in Manhattan I wanted to stay in Williamsburg or Greenpoint .. which would you recommend for a week?
Had no idea Pat Benatar was Polish!
Neither did I
@@HereBeBarr Just an idea, but how about a video about recreation areas around NYC, for example the top skating rinks, top soccer fields, etc.
can u tell where can I find authentic Italian spaghetti in NYC?
Future owner Max 😅😅
Bushwick Maybe next 🤔
John what were those drinks you and your friend had at the pencil factory bar?
Margarita and.. i forgot what he got haha.
Margarita and a malibu bay breeze!
Spoken as the young fella that made them
Dear Jon pls give me honest info whether trip to NY has a sense on February. I mean mostly about weather that is good or rather terrible like freez and rain and snow storms. How it is ?
Rough month. See the Historical numbers
@@HereBeBarr thank you
Same thing is happening in West Harlem. Gentrification, crime was so high before now it’s becoming like another green point. The geography has changed too.
I like Greenpoint Cape Town which [unfortunately] has also become very trendy.
Wait, there's a Greenpoint in Cape Town?
People will know your name if you go to the same places each day! CUP or Norman, everyone knew my first name and I knew theirs. Everyone will know your name if you haunt the same places & everything big is small if you work it right. There's a certain landlord in Greenpoint that charges dirt cheap for rent, provided you aren't a condo dweller or bougie-fancy. It isn't even near the (former EPA site Newtown Creek!)
Cool neighborhood I haven't heard of it, I love the mural, don't get my doughnut order wrong, I love the PB&J doughnuts at Doughnut Plant one time I got six to go to take home on the bus to Maryland, next morning oh boy I get to eat my favorite doughnut, none of the six were PB&J I forget what they were I didn't like them, I haven't had Pierogis cute baby, whoa baseball bats cool, felling cool I know what you mean we were walking on street I forget the name of the street near Grand in the LES, a ton of 20 somethings all in the street in huge lines to get into clubs, I didn't like it I said let's get out of here, I wasn't scared just felt uncool, that's crazy a polluted nature walk
As someone who grew up in Greenpoint before it became 'trendy', I have to say that the new Greenpoint, as I visit it now, is lacking in character. Now it is filled with chain stores, whereas in the past, it was more of a mom and pop type community. Also, how many coffee shops, tattoo parlors, bars, and pot shops is enough. 🙄
This video makes it seem that the Polish community in Greenpoint is a thing of the past when, while much smaller, it is still very alive and vibrant today. I appreciate highlighting Pierozek but there are MANY Polish Greenpoint institutions that were overlooked. This video would have greatly benefited from a Polish guide, if nothing more than to at least get pronunciations correct
That could be its own video. And maybe it will 🤔 but I don’t think i needed a polish guide for the whole area
@@HereBeBarr Maybe could be a consideration for a future video! I respectfully disagree, a Polish guide who can speak to both Polish and non-Polish aspects of the neighborhood would have been the ideal candidate without erasing parts of its rich cultural heritage. Looking forward to seeing more videos!
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I moved to Greenpoint 15 years ago. This was the trendy TH-cam tour back then: th-cam.com/video/PLLeRVsnNEo/w-d-xo.html